Former Zanesville police officer loses federal lawsuit against county

5:26 AM,
Oct. 13, 2012

Written by

Kathy Thompson
Staff Writer

A former Zanesville police officer who was sentenced to 20 years in prison on federal drug charges in 2009 lost a lawsuit he filed against the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office and a sheriff's detective in 2011.

Court records show Sean Beck, who was a police officer from 2003 until his arrest in 2007, could not prove that a narcotics detective with the sheriff's office had given Beck's former wife confidential information regarding him or his illegal activities.

Beck was arrested by the FBI and undercover narcotics detectives with the sheriff's office in October 2007, after he, another ...